SB5 votes lead police group to avoid endorsing many it once supported

2:30 AM,
Oct. 13, 2012

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Senate Bill 5 might have been revoked by voters in 2011, but that doesn't mean the bill's opponents have forgiven or forgotten the people who supported the effort to curb public employee unions.

The Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio went out of its way to avoid supporters of the bill, with just one person who voted in favor of SB 5 winning the endorsement from the state group or one of its local organizations.

Mike Weinman, government affairs director for the state union, said it is no surprise his union members used the bill as a barometer of support for legislative candidates. ...